Chapter 121: Another Transmigration

In a villa in Yanjing, within a small home theater, Ma Jun lounged lazily on the sofa, watching a movie. A cigarette on the table drifted into the air, automatically positioning itself between his lips, while a lighter floated up to touch the tip of the cigarette.

Only then did Ma Jun reach out to grasp the lighter. He shook his head to himself; he was still not skilled enough with telekinesis to ignite the flame, so he had to do that part himself.

Suddenly, his cell phone rang. Ma Jun used his telekinesis to answer it. He glanced at the screen, then held the phone to his ear. "What is it?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Ma Jun?" The voice on the other end was not Ruan Xinyue's.

Ma Jun sat up slightly. "Who are you? Why do you have Ruan Xinyue's phone?"

"I'm her high school classmate. She got drunk here, and I..."

Before the person on the other end could finish, Ma Jun interrupted, "If she's drunk, she's drunk. Let her rest there. That’s all."

In an apartment building, a girl wearing black-rimmed glasses stared blankly at her phone, then threw it onto the sofa in a huff. After a moment, she took out her own phone and dialed a number. "Hello, Sister Liu? I couldn't get through to Ma Jun, what should I do? ...All right, I'll think of something else."

After watching another film, it was quite late. Ma Jun took a hot shower and went to sleep comfortably, completely unaware that a woman was fretting over him.

The next day, after Ma Jun woke up, washed up, and finished breakfast, he was sunning himself in the courtyard when he saw Ruan Xinyue sneaking in cautiously.

Ma Jun called out to her, "Wait, come here and sit down!"

"What is it?" Ruan Xinyue asked, looking puzzled. It was clear she was still somewhat intimidated by him.

"You went to see your classmate yesterday, right? What does she look like?" Ma Jun asked with a smile.

"What do you mean, what does she look like?" Ruan Xinyue was even more confused. "What are you trying to do?"

"Naturally, I'm trying to see if I can make her an offer she can't refuse. Isn't she a minor celebrity too?" Ma Jun said with an exaggerated expression. "After getting you drunk last night, she took the opportunity to call and seduce me. I’m thinking, if she’s decent enough, I’ll give her a chance!"

"That's impossible!" Ruan Xinyue frowned.

"There's no helping it; I'm just too famous now!" Ma Jun tilted his head back. "In many people's eyes, I'm a fat piece of meat that everyone wants a bite of. At the same time, I’m also a mortal enemy to many who want me gone as soon as possible. You’re my assistant, so be more careful in the future!"

After a moment of silence, Ruan Xinyue nodded and said dejectedly, "Understood! Are you not going to school today?"

"I'm taking a break today!"

"Oh, Sister Wanying just sent a message. It's almost the end of the year, and there are many awards ceremonies coming up. They've sent you invitations. Should we attend all of them?" Ruan Xinyue put down her bag, took out a file, and handed it to Ma Jun.

"Don't bother looking at them!" Ma Jun said lazily. "You pick them out. Select at most five, the ones with the highest influence, and decline the rest!"

"Yes, big boss," Ruan Xinyue said helplessly.

This year, Ma Jun's fame had grown rapidly. As the year-end awards season began, he was naturally included. However, he wouldn't attend every minor ceremony with low influence. Furthermore, Pegasus Pictures had already conducted public relations work in advance, so Ma Jun wouldn't just be there to make up the numbers.

Time passed quickly. When the holidays arrived, Ma Jun immediately began traveling around the world, busy collecting awards.

After boosting his reputation once more, Ma Jun was surprised to find that his fame value in the system, which hadn't grown for a long time, had reached 7,000 points. He remembered that when he first transmigrated, the system assessed his fame at 1,200 points. This sudden increase of 1,000 points had undoubtedly been earned in the main plane.

This discovery put Ma Jun in a great mood.

Returning home at the end of the year, his friends and relatives were even more enthusiastic, keeping him quite busy. Many came to visit, and there were even more requests—asking for loans or wanting him to arrange jobs.

Before Ma Jun became famous, his relationships with relatives and friends had been decent. To make his parents happy, he helped with what he could. After all, most of these matters were just a single phone call away for him.

After staying home for over a month, Ma Jun left his parents more than two million and arranged for a new house so they could enjoy a life of leisure. Seeing their son so successful, the couple didn't refuse.

However, what gave Ma Jun a headache was that his parents had started urging him to find a wife. Back when he was in middle and high school, if he brought a female classmate home, his parents acted as if they were facing a great enemy, insisting he shouldn't date early. Now, they were in a rush to push him into it!

Ma Jun wondered if he should find time to bring Mu Jianping over and get things settled so his parents wouldn't have to worry anymore.

After the New Year, Ma Jun went to the "Deer and the Cauldron" plane, where he enjoyed the feeling of being an emperor for a few months and spent a long time with Mu Jianping.

At the beginning of the year, Ma Jun requested a long leave from Yanjing Film Academy. He had experienced student life for a while, and it was time to move on to other things.

The plan for the second installment of "The Rise of the Rag Picker" was put on the agenda, though Ma Jun didn't need to participate in the preliminary work. He returned to his small island in Australia for a vacation.

Xiao Hua had left before the New Year, claiming she needed to return to Switzerland. Ma Jun offered a polite gesture of keeping her, but let her go in the end. The surveillance on Xiao Hua continued.

In early March, the four Mr. Qians arrived at the island. They gathered with Ma Jun in the castle's secret chamber, preparing for a new plane jump.

As always, the Universe Ring was packed with various equipment and weapons, along with 500 super-powered biochemical soldiers. With such a large team and such strength, even if they entered a Xianxia plane, there wouldn't be much danger in the early stages.

Everything was ready. Ma Jun clicked the jump button on the system screen. Like before, Ma Jun would go through first, and if necessary, he would bring the Qians over later to save energy points. However, unless a major operation was needed, they wouldn't need to be summoned. After all, he already had 100 super-powered biochemical robots in his Universe Ring; they could help with simple tasks.

His vision went dark, and when it brightened again, he had arrived in a new plane.

Ma Jun looked around and saw that the surroundings were filled with modern buildings, but the signs on the shops were all in English.

"It seems this is another foreign-themed plane!"

Ma Jun pulled out his system screen to see what kind of plane this was.